Ten Tricks and Treats for Halloween Weekend in the Hamptons

October 28, 2011 by Hugh Citrella

Halloween in the Hamptons means a whole lot more than trick-or-treating. Parties on the East End, costume contests, pets on parade, musical reviews, cemetery strolls and more await this Halloweekend…if you dare!

Stages’s 17th Annual Frankenstein Follies

It is alive! Frankenstein Follies The Ghoulishly Fun Musical Revue brings everyone’s favorite monsters to the stage in a musical revue, along with face painting, a “tattoo” parlor, a crazy fortuneteller and a terrifyingly tasty treat bar!

Haunted Mulford Farm

Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, 6 p.m.Mulford Farm,10 James Lane, East Hampton

As night falls upon the Hamptons, the Trail of Terror welcomes brave and daring souls. (children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent).

Halloween Folklore

Folklorist John Eilertsen of the Addams Foundation in Sagaponack will share accounts of near-death experiences, and omens and tokens of death and disaster he has documented over the years—especially stories from a West Virginian folk healer called Catfish Man of the Woods. Group participation and costumes are encouraged. A simple reception will follow the story telling, and a display of artwork by Addams Family creator Charles Addams will make for a creepy, kooky, mysterious and ooky evening.

Graveyard Walk

Whistling through a graveyard takes a fun turn on this stroll through the final resting places of the rich and poor, famous and infamous buried in Westhampton Cemetery.

21st Annual Rag-A-Muffin Parade

Sunday, October 30, 12:30 p.m.
Southampton

The Southampton Chamber of Commerce holds its 21st Annual Rag-A-Muffin Parade, proceeding down Windmill Lane, Nugent Street, Main Street and Jobs Lane. A costume contest will take place for the best costumes, and the trick or treat Pumkin Trail will follow for children 9 years old and under (participating merchants will be designated by paper pumpkins in their window).